Katsin
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Still trying to improve my leatherworking skills:
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Charlie_W
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Looks great from here! I love the aroma of leather!
Jgrden
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What did you use to sew the edges? Does not look like and average house hold sewing singer would do this. What are the pages made of, are they pads that you buy and replace or are they hand sewn, glued by yourself.
Curious in Cal.
Curious in Cal.
Katsin
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John:
It was hand sewn in the Al Stohlman style. Took about 15 feet of thread to do the sewing but it should hold forever.
I had picked up some journals at a discount when Borders liquidated but they are very hard to squeeze in so I am keeping my eye out for something that fits better. I have a few ideas on how to make journal fitting work better next attempt.
Fishinbo
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Wow! hand sewn, this will last forever. Like this simple look but very classy.
Jgrden
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Beautiful work. I am in awe and you make mine look amateuristic.
Jgrden
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Man, keep it up. Is that 6 oz., finished, oiled cowhide?
Katsin
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John:
It was 6 oz veg tanned leather. Pretty thick stuff. I will go a bit thinner next time and I can probably save a bit of money if I avoid veg-tan when not doing tooling. Lessons learned.
Thank you for the kind compliments. I'm in awe of stuff I see on Leatherworker.net and on the net in general. I don't feel that my first efforts measure up to any of that.
sbarton22
Member
Have you ever made a leather ipad cover....maybe just like this but with a string (no button)?
Justturnin
Member
WOW!! That looks great. Do you sell these? I may be interested in one if so.
Miles42
Member
Well done, it is interesting to see what others have made. There is money to be made in well done leather products.
rizaydog
Member
Looks great!
Katsin
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Jgrden
Member
Great work Katsin. WOW !!! I finished three journals in the past two days but I am not going to show them next to yours.
Katsin
Member
Justturnin:
No plans to sell any leatherwork in the near future. Perhaps one day if I improve enough.
John:
I've seen some of your journals on here before and they look great. Post em.
No plans to sell any leatherwork in the near future. Perhaps one day if I improve enough.
John:
I've seen some of your journals on here before and they look great. Post em.
Jgrden
Member
Okay, these are casual wrap writing journals with sketch paper in them.
seamus7227
Member
Thanks for posting pics of these, both of ya! They are great! I would love to learn more about making those, looks like alot of fun
Jgrden
Member
It is fun. Takes your mind off the pens for a while. I am in a pen makers block. Cannot make a decent pen for the life of me and needed a diversion.
Katsin
Member
John:
Look great John. If you want some inspiration try watching this guy's YouTube videos: Ian Atkinson - YouTube
His videos are what inspired me to give leatherwork a try.
Look great John. If you want some inspiration try watching this guy's YouTube videos: Ian Atkinson - YouTube
His videos are what inspired me to give leatherwork a try.
Jeannius
Member
Yup - Ian's very good at what he does.
Jgrden
Member
Here is another product.
